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Carrie Fisher

imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 10,819
edited December 2016 in The cake stop
Not well at all, apparently. Was taken off a flight into LA earlier in cardiac arrest. Not good...
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  • cyclecliniccycleclinic Posts: 6,863
    May the force be with her.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • gethincerigethinceri Posts: 1,004
    It'll be the second time the Kleenex shares have skyrocketed as the result of her.
  • lucan2lucan2 Posts: 295
    Who?
  • imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 10,819
    lucan2 wrote:
    Who?

    Think Star Wars, think Princess Leia, that kind of thing...
  • meanredspidermeanredspider Posts: 12,550
    Imposter wrote:
    lucan2 wrote:
    Who?

    Think Star Wars, think Princess Leia, that kind of thing...

    I wasn't sure who she was either. Somehow Star Wars passed me by until a month or two back when I caught the last film during 24 hours of long haul flights.

    Anyhow, I hope she recovers, whoever she is (I think she was the old lady in the film I saw).
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • First.AspectFirst.Aspect Posts: 3,334
    meanredspider wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    lucan2 wrote:
    Who?

    Think Star Wars, think Princess Leia, that kind of thing...

    I wasn't sure who she was either. Somehow Star Wars passed me by until a month or two back when I caught the last film during 24 hours of long haul flights.

    Anyhow, I hope she recovers, whoever she is (I think she was the old lady in the film I saw).
    Why do some people wear a complete ignorance of Star Wars as a badge of pride? Oh, sorry, wrong thread....
  • meanredspidermeanredspider Posts: 12,550
    First Aspect wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    lucan2 wrote:
    Who?

    Think Star Wars, think Princess Leia, that kind of thing...

    I wasn't sure who she was either. Somehow Star Wars passed me by until a month or two back when I caught the last film during 24 hours of long haul flights.

    Anyhow, I hope she recovers, whoever she is (I think she was the old lady in the film I saw).
    Why do some people wear a complete ignorance of Star Wars as a badge of pride? Oh, sorry, wrong thread....

    Ha :lol: No - in my case I'm slightly bewildered by how I've "missed" it. It has somehow never bubbled up to the surface.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • First.AspectFirst.Aspect Posts: 3,334
    meanredspider wrote:
    First Aspect wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    lucan2 wrote:
    Who?

    Think Star Wars, think Princess Leia, that kind of thing...

    I wasn't sure who she was either. Somehow Star Wars passed me by until a month or two back when I caught the last film during 24 hours of long haul flights.

    Anyhow, I hope she recovers, whoever she is (I think she was the old lady in the film I saw).
    Why do some people wear a complete ignorance of Star Wars as a badge of pride? Oh, sorry, wrong thread....

    Ha :lol: No - in my case I'm slightly bewildered by how I've "missed" it. It has somehow never bubbled up to the surface.
    Were your parents religious freakoids who had a large illuminated copy of the bible in the corner where a TV should be and who disapprove of buttons? Sorry, wrong thread...
  • meanredspidermeanredspider Posts: 12,550
    First Aspect wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:
    First Aspect wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    lucan2 wrote:
    Who?

    Think Star Wars, think Princess Leia, that kind of thing...

    I wasn't sure who she was either. Somehow Star Wars passed me by until a month or two back when I caught the last film during 24 hours of long haul flights.

    Anyhow, I hope she recovers, whoever she is (I think she was the old lady in the film I saw).
    Why do some people wear a complete ignorance of Star Wars as a badge of pride? Oh, sorry, wrong thread....

    Ha :lol: No - in my case I'm slightly bewildered by how I've "missed" it. It has somehow never bubbled up to the surface.
    Were your parents religious freakoids who had a large illuminated copy of the bible in the corner where a TV should be and who disapprove of buttons? Sorry, wrong thread...

    Far from it. I hate The Archers too (in case you were wondering) :wink:
    I think I was too busy with playing sport and chasing girls when Star Wars first came out (not that I'm characterising Star Wars fans - oh no :wink: ) and somehow never caught up
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • First.AspectFirst.Aspect Posts: 3,334
    Ah, you may have something there. I was 4 when Star Wars came out. And it is for children really. Bit like Dr. Who.
  • city_boycity_boy Posts: 1,616
    First Aspect wrote:
    Ah, you may have something there. I was 4 when Star Wars came out. And it is for children really. Bit like Dr. Who.

    And Harry Potter!

    Shame about Carrie Fisher though. Hope she recovers.
    Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarves are not happy.
  • meanredspidermeanredspider Posts: 12,550
    I was 13 when it came first came out and girls were beginning to get properly interesting (and Dr Who less so...)
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • ProssPross Posts: 22,120
    meanredspider wrote:
    I was 13 when it came first came out and girls were beginning to get properly interesting (and Dr Who less so...)

    I would have thought at that age you'd have known exactly who Carrie Fisher was even if you'd never watched Star Wars. The scene where she is Jabba's slave must have been very popular with teenage boys! Unfortunately the version you saw on your flight is a cautionary tale on the effects of substance abuse (even allowing for the passing of an additional 30 odd years). I see the Mail are already linking her heart attack to the self-confessed drug use in their ever classy way.
  • meanredspidermeanredspider Posts: 12,550
    Pross wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:
    I was 13 when it came first came out and girls were beginning to get properly interesting (and Dr Who less so...)

    I would have thought at that age you'd have known exactly who Carrie Fisher was even if you'd never watched Star Wars. The scene where she is Jabba's slave must have been very popular with teenage boys! Unfortunately the version you saw on your flight is a cautionary tale on the effects of substance abuse (even allowing for the passing of an additional 30 odd years). I see the Mail are already linking her heart attack to the self-confessed drug use in their ever classy way.

    This was in the days long before the interweb. You couldn't really ask the projectionist to rewind it a couple of times :wink:
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • imposter2.0imposter2.0 Posts: 10,819
    Anyway, the good news is that she's still around. Long may that continue...
  • bianchimoonbianchimoon Posts: 3,939
    First Aspect wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    lucan2 wrote:
    Who?

    Think Star Wars, think Princess Leia, that kind of thing...

    I wasn't sure who she was either. Somehow Star Wars passed me by until a month or two back when I caught the last film during 24 hours of long haul flights.

    Anyhow, I hope she recovers, whoever she is (I think she was the old lady in the film I saw).
    Why do some people wear a complete ignorance of Star Wars as a badge of pride? Oh, sorry, wrong thread....
    Because I was busy doing something worthwhile whilst it was on?
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • motogullmotogull Posts: 308
    She was also in the Blues Brothers.

    Hopefully she's going to be okay.
  • cyclecliniccycleclinic Posts: 6,863
    You either love star wars or just dont get it. I get it and it part of everyones cultural heritage.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • lucan2lucan2 Posts: 295
    thecycleclinic wrote:
    You either love star wars or just dont get it. I get it and it part of everyones cultural heritage.

    I don't get it, but then, I don't get films generally. Never have. Cinema is usually good for a snooze, whatever's on.

    [Waits for someone to ask why go if I don't watch the film......]
  • mrfpbmrfpb Posts: 4,385
    Spoiler: She looked really amazing at the end of Rogue One, not aged a day in 40 years


    Also HER MOTHER told the press she was recovering well, this is Debbie Reynolds the co-star of Singing in the Rain, who must be pushing 100. She seems immune to the "curse of 2016" (as is Kirk Douglas, 100 this month, and also censored van censored , 91, gearing up for the Mary Poppins sequel)
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 5,607
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    You're welcome.
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  • mrfpbmrfpb Posts: 4,385
    Can I refer all sceptics to the popular Radio 4 series "I've never seen Star Wars" in which celebrities admit to not doing things that "everyone" has done.

    There are films that are so overhyped that I can quote them and give decent critique without having watched them -Casablanca, The Conversation, Taxi Driver, The French Connection. I like the star wars series, I was the right age for it in the 70s/80s and my kids are the right age for the new ones. However I have no knowledge of movies for adults released in the ten years after I became a parent . I guess we all have gaps like that.
  • meanredspidermeanredspider Posts: 12,550
    Thanks seanoconn - though I seem to remember one of the guys at school passing around his dad's Dutch "girly mags" which kinda rendered a lady in a fancy bikini with curtains a bit "meh". The funny thing was the woodwork teacher confiscated one of these publications - only for us to discover it again 4 or 5 years later in his desk drawer....

    I don't wear my Star Wars thing as a badge of honour - it's pretty much as mrfpb describes above - it just passed me by. There may well be people for whom Harry Potter does the same.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 8,056
    She's died :(
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 8,056
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446753
  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 4,294
    meanredspider wrote:
    There may well be people for whom Harry Potter does the same.
    Who?
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  • crumbschiefcrumbschief Posts: 3,412
    Carrie doesn't live here anymore,struth.
  • meanredspidermeanredspider Posts: 12,550
    briantrumpet wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:
    There may well be people for whom Harry Potter does the same.
    Who?

    My kids adored listening to Stephen Fry (odds on him lasting the week?) reading the Potter books on CD in the car - perfect for 8 hour drives to and from the Highlands - never once an "Are we there yet?"
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 5,607
    :cry:
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • mrfpbmrfpb Posts: 4,385
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